With the swearing-in of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as Malaysia’s 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia on Thursday (May 10), I wish him and Pakatan Harapan (PH) all the best in fulfilling their electoral promises and reforming federal and state government administrations nationwide.I also congratulate Elizabeth Wong for successfully defending Bukit Lanjan for a third-term. I hope she will serve her constituents well - rid the townships of dengue, rodents and solve the garbage disposal problems and all other matters that a conscientious assemblyman needs to do to make Bukit Lanjan a better place for for all before GE15.I, particularly, wish to thank all the 7,515 Bukit Lanjan constituents who gave me their ballots on polling day.

I cannot possibly know who you are but I sincerely thank you for giving me your support in my bid to serve and transform Bukit Lanjan into A Safer, Cleaner & United Community.

BUKIT LANJAN: Meritocracy in education policies and system is still just a Malaysian dream!https://youtu.be/fD8NWiRhyvw (VIDEO: The Superbug killer!)

It is time for politicians from both sides of the political divide to start thinking seriously about the future of Malaysians and Malaysia.

Meritocracy should not be politicised, neither should it be mixed with race and religion.

“Malaysia cannot hope to really progress to be transformed into a developed nation if it continues to ignore the merits of meritocracy,” Gerakan Deputy Speaker Syed Abdul Razak Alsagoff said.

“Politicians are well aware of Malaysia’s brain drain problem. But the majority does not have the political will to really fight, lobby or champion for a policy of meritocracy in our education system.

“An abundance of quality and competent human capital is the key to any nation’s progress and development. The way Malaysia is losing its talents and brains, talk of achieving developed nation status is rhetoric,” he added.

BUKIT LANJAN: Schoolgirl’s death deserves thorough police probe for justice to be served!It was a terrible and unfortunate tragedy that a 13-year-old schoolgirl has died from a suicide attempt more than a week ago - after she was accused of stealing her teacher’s iPhone.

The news reports, thus far, have focused on blaming the teacher for accusing and driving the girl to suicide.

“However, there is much more to learn and remedy from the schoolgirl’s tragic death,” Gerakan Deputy Speaker Syed Abdul Razak Alsagoff said.

“For one, the tragedy also exposes a flawed or weak school administration. Isn’t the school principal also to blame for the actions of his or her teachers who are under his or charge?

“Also, there is also the question of whether the girl really stole the handphone? If she did not, then the teacher and the school principal have a much more heavier guilt in his or her hands,” he added.

Syed Razak said in the first place the teacher and school principal should not have treated th…